I receieved James Gurney's 'Color and Light' book yesterday. It's the follow up to his very successful 'Imaginative Realism' (which up until now had been firmly at the top of my art book collection – and I have a LOT of art books.
It now looks like 'Color and Light' is going to overtake his previous book and sit proudly at the top of the pile. (It's not really a pile – just a large section of my IKEA bookshelves).
James Gurney keeps a very regularly updated and informative blog at: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/ and if after my rambling review you fancy a copy, there are details there on how to get it.
Like his previous book
OK... I think I've stocked up with enough fine art paper and ink to last me a while (not to mention cardboard mailing tubes).
I am offering a very limited edition (of thirty) A3 prints of my latest Nick Cave caricature, that will be customised (name of choice on piano - where mine is atm), numbered, dated and signed.
http://johnmalcolm1970.co.uk/prints.html
I went and got myself a new printer recently. It an Epson Stylus Photo 1400 and it can do A3 and A3+ prints. I've only done a couple of prints from it so far: A borderless A3 print of one of my mum's Scottish hillwalking photos and an A3 print of my latest Nick Cave caricature. I was more than happy with the results.
I've went ahead and ordered myself a continuous ink system (CIS) for it - as there's no way I'm going to be buying 6 seperate ink cartridges regularly. The CSS comes with everthing needed and ink that works out at 6 or 7 complete cartridge changes. Also coming is enough A3 and A3+ Fine Art and Photo Satin paper to last me for a